Cost Engineer
20 hours ago
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EngineeringWe are looking for a SURF Cost Engineer for one of our clients with the following details:
Start Date: 01-APR-2026
End Date: 28-FEB-2028
Location: Doha, Qatar
Work status: Residential, Single
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Degree in Economics or equivalent
- Minimum 10 years' experience in similar activities for Oil & Gas projects.
- Advanced knowledge & experience in use of relevant computer systems (SAP, S4Hana, Power BI, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and MS-Access)
- EPC Contracts mechanisms
- Fluency in English
ACTIVITIES
HSEQ
- To promote & comply with applicable safety instruction and other Company HSE procedures in all activities
- To carry out work in compliance with Company values and policies, relevant laws and regulations, agreed Company priorities and objectives, Company standards and procedures and good industry practices
- To treat all information obtained during course of the work with confidentiality Budget
- To prepare for review the detailed annual budget and revisions in liaison with various internal entities and adhering to COMPANY budget standard format provided by finance department.
- To participate in the presentation and to defend the budget performance as required.
- To control budget availability for each commitment.
- To ensure budget control, highlight current trends and justify variances between Forecast and Budget.
- To establish register, to update, monitor and control the commitments, expenditure incurred and forecast for all contracts and purchase orders managed by Major Projects.
- To perform specific Cost Analysis as required.
- To provide input to the SAP/S4Hana system, regarding commitments, service entry sheets, payment schedule, invoicing, and cost control issues, as required
Closure:
- To prepare the monthly closure and make sure accruals done in SAP system are in accordance with current project(s) progress and milestones.
- To prepare all necessary documents as necessary for compliance regarding accruals.
Cost reporting:
- To issue a detailed internal and external monthly cost report (Trends, Areas of Concern, Budget Variance analysis, Commitment/Expenditure figures, forecast at completion etc.) with comments and advise Project Management on cost over-runs in a timely manner
- To ensure correct and auditable records of all matters with Project expenditures, contracts, budgets, cash flows, forecasts, etc.
- To act as the interface with the COMPANY Finance entity and provide them with data for incorporation in corporate financial documents
- To supervise the contractors and suppliers cost control activities
Invoicing:
- To implement an efficient invoicing process between the different locations of the project
- To check and monitor invoices, in liaison with COMPANY accounting department to enable timely payment of invoices
Organization:
- To develop, communicate and implement procedures to ensure the efficient organization and operation of the Project budget and cost control activities
- To advise, during project setup post award, contractors on key commercial requirements (invoicing format and submission, cost reporting etc.)
- To anticipate additional requirements for cost control support during execution of the project(s)
General:
- To promote cost consciousness within the entity
- To ensure confidentiality is being kept as per sensitive data
- To liaise with internal and external auditors for cost justification
- To prepare the required cost recovery related documentation
- To liaise actively with COMPANY Finance entity for all matters related to cost and accounting as required (Commitments, invoice processing and payment, accruals, payment claims and disputes)
- To prepare commercial close out of each contract and archive all financial documentation as per COMPANY guidelines
- To carry out any other duties or tasks that may be assigned by hierarchical superiors

JOB SUMMARY
Cost Engineer